Shoulder pad



W. R. GERSHEN vSHOULDER PAD `Filedduly 8, 1944 July 2, 1.946.

' 2 Sheets-sheet 1 I INVENTOR mi am Gers/ien ATTORNEY W. R. GERSHEN SHOULDERl PAD Filed VJuly 8, 1944 2 Sheets-Sheet. 2

Patented July 2,1946 l SHOULDER PAD William It. Gershen, Larchmont, N. Y.

Application July 8, 1944,-Seral`No. 543,975 4 Claims. (Cl. 2 268) 1 2 l This invention relates to a shoulder pad-and its canvas piece of the innerI foundation member of general object is to provide pads that conform the pad.

to the natural curvatures of the human gure, to give the shoulders of a garment the fanciful raised design, while; at the same time preventing bulges andbunches at sides of the-garment, averting thereby also the wrinkling of the garment at the sides thereof.

An object of my invention is to coniine the raised effect to that portion` of the shoulders where such raised effect will enhance the natural appearance of the humangure.

Another object is to provide a concave base for the pad which will retain the shoulders shape of the garment in an even manner regardless of the posture of the wearer.

- Another object is to, form graduating curvatures on the pad to provide as a means to enable` the garment to conform tov the natural shape of the wearer.

Another object is to prevent the shifting and displacement of the raised portion of the shoulder thereby causing the garment to assume a proper fitting position, in all postures of the wearer.

Another object of my invention is to provide means of control for the accurate positioning of the pad arrangement on the garment.

Another object is toy avoid intricate alterations to the garment, particularly the armhole and sleeve portions thereof, thereby avoiding the disturbing of the lining materials and the position of the sleeve members of the garment.

Another object is to provide a smooth side and underarm fit of the garment to which my invention is attached.

Another object of my invention is to construct a pad which will confine its extension to the convex upper portion only, and the concave base of which will not extend beyond' the natural lines of the figure, providing thereby `free arm movement.

A further object of my invention is to provide a simple and effective manner of constr-uctionr at a minimum c'ost.

This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement to beV hereinafter fully described,illustrating these and other objects attained by the means and methods herein described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 -is a plan view of the canvaspieceforming the inner foundation membery of the pad.

l2` is ay plan View of.` the; pocketvfcrming Fig. 3 is -a plan View' of the inner foundation member canvas piece, having a layer of a fluff or Wedding spread along the surface thereof.

Figri is thecanvas inner foundation member of the pad with the canvas pocket forming por.. tion stitched thereto.

Fig. 5 is the canvas inner foundation member of the pad with the pocket filled with a blank of plies of fluffy material.

Fig. 6 is a perspective elevational view of said blank cut into pyramid-like shape and con-sisting of plies of fluffy material.

Fig. 6e is a plan `View of the blank consisting of plies of fluffy material.

Fig. rI is a perspective elevational View of the blank consisting of' plies of iiuffy material, said plies having been tilted sidewise and repositioned thereby into a bias relation to the inner canvas member before insertion of said tilted plies into the canvas pocket of said inner member of the pad'. l

Fig. 8 is a plan view of the top portion of the fabric outer casing of the pad.

Fig. 9 is a plan view of the bottom portion of the fabric outer casing .of thepad.

Fig. 10 is a plan view of the side portion of the fabricouter casing of the pad.

Fig. 11 is a yperspective view of the three member portions ofv the` outer casing of the pad, partially sewed together, and

Fig. 12 is a perspective view of the shoulder pad.

Shoulder pads have been suggested heretofore, but such pads served only as decorative means for extending, shoulder forms which did not provide for the perfecting of iit, especially in the extending of itsy utility to the sides of the garment so thatv they would not bulge, wrinkle or gap, no matter` what posture the wearer assumes.

Referring in detail. to the drawings:

Canvas or other non-stretchable, stiff .materials are employed to form a non-stret'chable foundation for the inner structure of the pad'.

Fig. 1 illustrates the canvas piece A whichforms an inner foundation for the pad; upon said canvas foundation and along its entire surface a layer of wadding or other fluffy material is placed (see C, Fig. 3) Said layer C is distributed evenly along said surface A. Next, the canvas piece is taken as shown in Fig. 2 and is stitched tothe padded canvas B. It will be noted that the upper'portion of the canvaspiece A is; muchlargerr tharrthe bottom piece B. Preferably, the radiusiof,A the upper missible though not preferable. lBefore inserting the blank of plies of uff G illustrated in'Fig. 6, said blank consisting of plies of fluff G is tilted sidewise (Fig. 7)thereby re-positioning the plies before inserting it within the canvas formed pocket H.

Fig. 'l illustrates the aforementioned re-posii What I claim is:

- 1. A shoulder pad, including a stiff'nner case member and a fabric outer case member, said stiff inner case member having a pliable foundation, said pliable foundation having a ply of uify material spread along its surface, and a stili 4pocket portion stitched thereto, said pocket portion of the stiff inner case member being filled with a blank of vplies of fluffy material, said blank being positioned in said pocket on a bias with respect to the normal position of the inner case member, said fabric outer casing consisting Vof y top, bottom, and side wall members, said bottom tioned plies of fluff G tilted to a bias arrangement.`

It will now be seen that avcanvas walled pocket has been formed superimposing a canvas extension padded on one side to form the foundation f for a pad. The canvas foundation with the fluff filledv pocket thus formed, is now ready for en-v casement. v

The outer casing can be of any textile fabric and is formed-by three pieces, twopieces like Fig. 8 of the same dimensions as the canvas base Fig.

1, and one piece like U-'(Fig. 10) being semi-cir-y cular in shape.

The bottom fabric portion of ythe outer casing is darted invertedly on the line M-,Ng'thereby t being shortenedin edge length on lines P-T and `T--Q of Fig. 9, and alsothereby forming a concave lineV at edge P-T---Q y In the third fabric piece illustrated in Fig. 10,

the diameter Z-X is slightly shorter than the widestvportion of the dartM-N.

The semi-circular piece designated as Fig. 10

is joined along lines Z-U-,Xto the straight end of upper edgeofV the wall of the outer case of the I, pad designated asFig. 8. Thereupon, the semicircular piece designated as Fig. 10 is joined along lines Z-X -to the bottom4 edge of the wall member designated as Fig. 9 of the outer case along lines P-T-Q. Thereupon, within the thus parl tially joined outer case member of the padfFig. 11,

` the canvas innerY foundation member 5 is inserted.

l I next close the sidesK anclL vof the outer case The darted bottom portion P -T-Q o'fithe fabric outer casing having been shortened by the 1 dart on line N-M Will bend the stiff canvas inner foundation member A in arc-likel manner. Y, 1

, The convex.. shaped b0ttom"P+-Q will at the same time pull on line I0 thereby forcingthe i l stuffed pocket 'of the canvas vinner foundation piece upwardly. Thisfupwardly pressedstuifed f pocket will be received in theA additional rooming 1 space '(Fig. 11) NZ'herein provided which'addil tional room space is obtained by the addition of the extra piece Z-U-X rillustrated in Fig; 10 added to the perimeter of the case.` ,i

While a darted bottom wall is illustratedl for i the outer casing as preferable, other meansof i shaping the bottom wall are alsol within the spirit of my invention.

I now have shown a springlike pad which exerts pressure in an outwardly upward direction, forming thereby a pad with a springlike extension at the upward portion of the pad, the sides of said l' pad being in arc like manner to hug thev underarm and to keep the sides thereof from wrinkling, 1the concave bottom of theV pad sloping inward sthus leaving the arm movements free, the Vconcave bottom of the pad at the same timeforming a rm resting means on the shoulder.

wall member being distinguished in perimeter from said top wall member of said casing by an inverted dart, said dart being centrally placed in said bottom wall member, said side wall member having a rounded top edgel and a straight bottom edge, the round upper edge of the said side wall member being adjacent to the top wall menward'direction the front portion of the bottom side of the pad aforesaid.V

2. A shoulder pad comprising an inner foundation of canvas or like vstiifened material, .and an outer casing of fabric, said inner foundation having a fluffy material spread thereon, a canvas pocket stitched to said innerfoundation, a pad'- ding of ilulymaterial inserted in a bias relation to the inner foundation into said canvas pocket, said outer casing of fabric having top, bottom and side walls, said top, and bottom walls being of the same perimeter, and said side wall of said outer casing being round at one edge and straight at the outer edge thereof, the bottom wall of said outer casing being darted, the edge thereof being formed by said darting means into a downwardly convexed and narrowed width thereby bending the inner canvas foundation in arc formation and simultaneously forcing said fluff lled canvas pocket upwardly toward the rounded edge of .the rounded wall member of the outer casing aforesaid.

3. A shoulder pad comprising a pliable stiff inner foundation and a fabric Youter casing, said stiff pliable inner foundation having a fluff material evenly distributed along its surface, said stiff pliable inner foundation havinga pocket of stiff material stitched thereto on the opposite side of said fluff material covering the surface of said pliable inner foundation, -said pocket being lled with a blank consisting 0f plies of uify mate-Y rial, said blank being inserted in bias relation to the inner foundation, saidl outer fabric having.,

pliable stii foundation being inserted within said outer casing with all members being stitched together thereby pliably bending the stiff inner foundation of said pad and bringing the sides of said pad together in arc-like shape, and also forcing said fluff filled pocket of said stiff inner foundation upwardly toward the round upper edge of the front wall of said outer casing of said pad, and drawing simultaneously the bottom portion of said pad in a, convexed downward direction.

4. A shoulder pad, comprising a pliable stiff inner foundation and a fabric outer casing member, said stiff pliable inner foundation having a fluff material evenly distributed along the surface thereof, said stiff inner foundation having a pocket of stiff material stitched to the reverse side of said inner foundation, said pocket having a blank formed of plies of resilient material inserted therein, said blank being inserted into said pocket on a bias with respect to the normal said outer casing, and all the respective parts be.

ing stitched together at respective edges, thereby pliably bending the stiff inner foundation, forcing thereby the fluff lled pocket of said inner foundation upwardly toward the round .edge of the front wall of said outer rcasing of said pad, and simultaneously pulling the bottom portions 2o of said pad in a downward convexed direction.

WILLIAM R. GERSHEN. 

